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Re: Useless Facts
Only food that does not spoil: honey.
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Re: Useless Facts
I can hardly wait for honey day!!!nKedrOoStEr wrote:Only food that does not spoil: honey.
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Re: Useless Facts
nKedrOoStEr wrote:Thomas Jefferson grew a variety of different carrots in his gardens at Monticello. In 1814 he produced 18 bushels of carrots.![]()
He grew another popular plant too. Expecially popular in California
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Re: Useless Facts
jhayford wrote:nKedrOoStEr wrote:Thomas Jefferson grew a variety of different carrots in his gardens at Monticello. In 1814 he produced 18 bushels of carrots.![]()
He grew another popular plant too. Expecially popular in California
Yep, he sure did...and yep, it sure was/is!
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Re: Useless Facts
nKedrOoStEr wrote:Only food that does not spoil: honey.
..because (I think) it has anti-bacterial properties?
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Re: Useless Facts
Bananas
Globally, bananas rank fourth after rice, wheat and corn in human consumption; they are grown in 130 countries worldwide, more than for any other fruit crop.
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Re: Useless Facts
nKedrOoStEr wrote:
Bananas
Globally, bananas rank fourth after rice, wheat and corn in human consumption; they are grown in 130 countries worldwide, more than for any other fruit crop.
The gal that cuts my hair is giving me some banana plants from her trees
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Re: Useless Facts
llama momma wrote:newstart wrote:CarolynPhillips wrote:newstart wrote:It is impossible to lick your elbow![]()
I must be really tired cause I laughed til I cried thinking about how many people were trying to lick their elbow after reading this post.
Yeah I want to know who tried to do it.. I know I did![]()
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OK! but I got within 5 inches...![]()
hahha my daughter read this and just tried lol
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Re: Useless Facts
Sliced bread was introduced under the Wonder Bread label in 1930.
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Re: Useless Facts
nKedrOoStEr wrote:Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
Don't know about everyday, but I'm doing my best to hold up to my end of the consumption process and the more veggies, the better.
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Re: Useless Facts
Coca-Cola was originally green.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
Did you know that there are coffee-flavored PEZ?
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.![Useless Facts - Page 2 998388915](https://2img.net/u/2912/12/27/03/smiles/998388915.gif)
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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
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Did you know that there are coffee-flavored PEZ?
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Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
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Re: Useless Facts
An orange tree may bear oranges for more than 100 years. The famous “Constable Tree,” an orange tree brought to France in 1421, lived and bore fruit for 473 years.
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Re: Useless Facts
snip "Coca-Cola was originally green.
"
And originally contained cocaine (the coke). My mother told me that when she was a teen, the slang for coco-cola was "dope" As in ordering a glass of dope.
Kay
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And originally contained cocaine (the coke). My mother told me that when she was a teen, the slang for coco-cola was "dope" As in ordering a glass of dope.
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Re: Useless Facts
From FactsAboutAnimals.net
A garden caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
A garden caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
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Re: Useless Facts
In the 16th century, Dutch carrot growers invented the orange carrot in honor of the House of Orange, the Dutch Royal Family. They did this by cross breeding pale yellow carrots with red carrots.
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Re: Useless Facts
llama momma wrote:From FactsAboutAnimals.net
A garden caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
So do most teenagers. 245 of those muscles are located in their jaws
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Re: Useless Facts
Love it! Thank you for the laughEatYourVeggies wrote:llama momma wrote:From FactsAboutAnimals.net
A garden caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
So do most teenagers. 245 of those muscles are located in their jaws![]()
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Re: Useless Facts
quite amazingnKedrOoStEr wrote:An orange tree may bear oranges for more than 100 years. The famous “Constable Tree,” an orange tree brought to France in 1421, lived and bore fruit for 473 years.
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Re: Useless Facts
Babe Ruth kept a lettuce leaf under his hat to keep cool during a game.
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Re: Useless Facts
nKedrOoStEr wrote: Babe Ruth kept a lettuce leaf under his hat to keep cool during a game.
Hopefully not the same one for his entire career
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Re: Useless Facts
Peppers can contain up to
six
times as much vitamin C as oranges! The highest levels are found
when the peppers are in their "green" stage. Hot peppers contain
less vitamin C than the milder bell peppers.
six
times as much vitamin C as oranges! The highest levels are found
when the peppers are in their "green" stage. Hot peppers contain
less vitamin C than the milder bell peppers.
Re: Useless Facts
Hi Dixie! That is a fabulous useful fact! thanks! ![What a Face](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/fresse.png)
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Re: Useless Facts
dixie wrote:Peppers can contain up to
six
times as much vitamin C as oranges! The highest levels are found
when the peppers are in their "green" stage. Hot peppers contain
less vitamin C than the milder bell peppers.
Despite that being great news, somehow breakfast with bell peppers instead of orange juice, just won't be the same.
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Re: Useless Facts
A watermelon is actually a berry.
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